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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Penaeidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 28 711016 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Metapenaeopsis novaeguineae (Haswell, 1879) |
CAAB category: | 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) | Distribution map: |
Family: | Penaeidae (penaeid prawns) - show full list | |
Common Name: | northern velvet prawn | |
Common Names List: | northern velvet prawn northern velvet shrimp New Guinea prawn | |
Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) Tropical Indo-West Pacific | |
Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Parent Codes: |
28 711913
Metapenaeopsis spp. | |
Organism Type: | a penaeid prawn |
Taxon Notes: | This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 701310 (FISHLIST 701310). | ||||||||
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Record source: | Holthuis, L. B., 1980, Shrimps and Prawns of the World. FAO Species Catalogue, Vol. 1. F.A.O., Rome |
Scientific Name verified against: | De Grave, S. Fransen, C.H.J.M., 2011. Carideorum Catalogus: The Recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda)., Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden, Vol. 85(9): 195-589. |